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Microlecane abyssinica

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Identification
Isotype of Bidens setigera (Sch.Bip.) Sherff [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Mesfin, T., Coreopsis abyssinica Sch.Bip. ex Walp. [family COMPOSITAE ] Microlecane abyssinica Bth [family COMPOSITAE ] Verified by Brown, N.E.,
Related name
  • Chrysanthellum abyssinicum
  • Bidens not on sheet
  • Bidens abyssinica
  • Bidens carinata
  • Coreopsis micrantha
  • Microlecane abyssinica
  • Coreopsis abyssinica
  • Coreopsis schimperi
  • Bidens setigera

Flora

Entry for MICROLECANE abyssinica Benth. et Hook. f. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 253, (1877) Author: (By Prof. Oliver and W. P. Hiern.)
Names
MICROLECANE abyssinica Benth. et Hook. f. [family COMPOSITAE], Gen. Pl. ii. 384.
Chrysanthellum abyssinicum Schultz Bip. [family COMPOSITAE], (§ Microlecane) in Flora, 1842, p. 440.
Hinterhubera abyssinica Schultz Bip. [family COMPOSITAE], in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Æthiop. p. 150.
Information
Erect, 2 ft. high. Stem sulcate-striate, glabrous below, oppositely branched above. Leaves ovate in outline, 1–3 in. long, thinly hispid-pubescent, shortly petiolate, lobes lanceolate linear or oblong acute. Capitula 1/3– 3/8 in. diameter; pedicels 1–2 1/2 in. long, mostly alternate. Achenes 1/10 in. long, narrowly oblong, black.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land margins of woods in valleys near Adoa, Schimper!

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